Dr. Eowyn posted: " If you're a student at Dyer County High School, a
public high school in Newbern, Tennessee, you should know that you can get
suspended for the heinous crime of saying "Bless you." Michael Clark
reports for Channel 5 WMC in Tennessee, Aug. 20, 2014," Respond to this
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If you're a student at Dyer County High School
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyer_County_High_School>, a public high
school in Newbern, Tennessee, you should know that you can get suspended
for the heinous crime of saying "Bless you."
Michael Clark reports for Channel 5 WMC
<http://m.wmctv.com/wmctv/db_332019/contentdetail.htm?full=true&contentguid=rFcw0OFz&pn=&ps=#display>
in Tennessee, Aug. 20, 2014, that Dyer County High School suspended senior
Kendra Turner for breaking a class rule by saying "bless you" to a
classmate who'd sneezed.
Turner said her teacher told her saying "bless you" was for church, "that
we're not going to have godly speaking in her class and that's when I said
we have a constitutional right." When Turner defended her actions, she was
told to see an administrator. The girl finished the class period in
in-school suspension.
Students sent WMC Action News 5's Michael Clark a photo of the teacher's
white board that lists "bless you" and other expressions that are banned as
part of class rules. (I've circled the words "Bless You" in red.)
[image: Dyer County High School whiteboard]
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Turner's youth pastor Becky Winegardner said, "There were several students
that were talking about this particular faculty member there that was very
demeaning to them in regard to their faith. This was something that had
come up previously in the last few weeks just since the beginning of school
and I shared with all of those students what their rights were."
After meeting with school administrators, Turner's parents say the school
leaders claim the outburst was a classroom distraction and that she shouted
"bless you" across the room. The teacher claimed Turner was being
disruptive and aggressive.
Yesterday, Aug. 19, Turner's classmates showed their support by wearing
hand made bless you shirts.
Turner said she doesn't want trouble for her teacher but says she'll stand
up for her faith, "It's alright to defend God and it's our constitutional
right because we have a freedom of religion and freedom of speech."
Here's contact info:
*Peggy Dodds, Principal*
Dyer County High School
1000 W Main St
Newbern, TN 38059
(731) 627-2229
[image: Peggy Dodds (l); Dwight Hedge (r)]
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Peggy Dodds (l); Dwight Hedge (r)
*Dr. Dwight L. Hedge, Superintendent*
Dyer County School District
159 Everett Ave.
Dyersburg, TN 38024
Phone: (731)285-6712
*~Eowyn*
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | August 20,
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